Meet The RNA Team – Ruby Moone

...in parts as Arthur has something of a kink when it comes to activities in the bed chamber that sets the young blacksmith alight. I wanted to create a small...

Meet The RNA Team – Christina Courtenay

...a walk, have lunch, then write some more. Sometimes all afternoon, interspersed with some time on social media. And if I’m really into a story, I’ll keep writing long into...

Francesca Capaldi – Hope In The Valleys

...you tell us a little about it? Although Anwen and Idris were the initial focus of the series, in Heartbreak in the Valleys, I found I’d created other characters who...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #16

...succeed. All writers need resilience and we all get rejections, but keep going. Your aim is to write a good story with nuanced, individual characters, not stereotypes. When sending a...

Jo Allen: From Romance To Crime

...fiction, co-written with Catherine Curzon, spans WW1 to the present day and is published by Pride. The Ghost Garden, the first installment in historical paranormal series The de Chastelaine Chronicles,...

Callie Langridge: Unearth Treasures In Archives

...a multi-generational story spanning the 1930s to the 1980s, including a story thread set in Second World War London. Access to historical records has been crucial in my research. Each...

LoRNA Cook: The Pain Of Blending Fact And Fiction

...to tell us about writing the historical thread of the novel, and about the real-life tragedy that inspired it. When I started writing The Forgotten Village, I had no real...

March 2019: Competition Monthly

.../ $300 Closing date: 30 April 2019 Entry: US$18 Details   The Ghost Story Supernatural Fiction Award Theme: Any paranormal or supernatural theme. 1,500 – 10,000 words Prize: US$1,000 /...

R J Gould: Finding The Man In Romance

...and social commentary to describe the tragi-comic journeys of protagonists in search of love, that fundamental need for all of us, male or female. My readers, definitely substantially women, tell...

Elaine Roberts: Moving Forwards With History

...present day and is published by Pride. Historical paranormal series The De Chastelaine Chronicles will be unleashed this Spring by Totally Bound. You can find out more about Eleanor at...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...anatomical description can sound clinical and actually be off-putting. And be consistent! Try to remember how many hands everyone has and where you left them the paragraph before. Of course...

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